“This team is about talk right now,” he said. “They’re not taking anything from the pregame or postgame press conferences and applying it to the floor.”

Daniels talked about the team’s need for a “spark,” which, as he describes it, is some sort of emotional leader.

“When you go through lulls, someone has to be a spark,” he said. “There has to be some energy or passion that comes from someone that comes in timeouts, after games… Frustration brings these sorts of things.”

Daniels’ frustration resonates with most Thunder fans not only because the team happens to be 8-12 after 20 games, but also because the team often succumbs to the same habits. Their playing style and habits simply aren’t improving or changing.

Daniels would also go on to refer to the Thunder’s effort as “embarrassing,” as he kinda threw some shade at both Dirk Nowitzki and Aaron Gordon. Each of the two had big nights and helped send the Thunder to their two most recent losses to the Mavericks (on Saturday) and Magic.

“It’s embarrassing that teams continue to have their ‘coming out’ games against the Oklahoma City Thunder,” he said.

“Dirk Nowitzki has been invisible all year, but then against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he looks like the Dirk Nowitzki of old. Yea, Aaron Gordon has gotten in the lab and he’s worked on his game, but 40 points and 13 rebounds?”

Daniels, clearly, isn’t impressed.

“You cannot continue to go out every game and just talk about doing the right things, not do the right things and expect a different result.”